Let's begin back with Halloween!

I've decided that for as many years as they will let me, I will choose what my kids can be for Halloween. It's really fun to come with a neat idea. This year Bronwyn and Hayden made their appearance as Little Miss Muffet and the Spider! Bronwyn was really excited for the "unveiling" of her costume. (Hayden of course just had to go along with it.) James and Sarah came up with Alex and Logan and we went out trick-or-treating together. First we headed down to my parents house for goods and some pictures. Just a few houses into it and Hayden was out!!! After that we walked to Danny's dad and Evelyn's house. There we met up with Suyzel, Isela, and T.J. and did a little more trick-or-treating. Bronwyn seemed to really have fun with it and get the idea of the steps: ring the doorbell, get candy, say thank you. Then we headed home in time to pass out candy to some neighborhood kids of our own. Bronwyn loved filling their bags!




The next day I decided we would dress them up again and head out to Boo at the Zoo with our friends Barb and Kaitlin. It was fun, but I think Bronwyn had just had enough! It was hot and she was tired so we actually didn't come home with too much more candy. But we always love getting together with friends!

A Blog for Bronwyn

I feel that I should take a minute and give Bronwyn some credit for all her efforts in potty training. I would say we are about 99.8% potty trained. A few months back my Aunt Marie told my mom what her daughter had done with one of hers boys and to try it. It seemed simple enough, so we tried it. One day when I went to change Bronwyn I went to grab a diaper only to find that *UT-OH*... we were out!!! I told her that we had some big girl panties but there were no more diapers! And it sort of worked. Of course there was stress... accidents... and countless numbers of panties used in the beginning, but then it began to stick. We started with treats, like m&m's and other small candy. I even let her pick change out of my wallet for her "ice cream man" fund. Now she just goes "bribe free"! (Unless of course she just wants some candy, she too smart and goes potty just so she can ask for some!) She knows when she needs to go and actually seems to feel bad if she does have an accident. She evens holds her tummy and says "my tummy hurts" when she feels like she has to go! She's been doing great! I'm able to take her out in public accident free now. (Well, most of the time!) But we're done with diapers! And that is fabulous! We put her in pull-ups for bedtime and usually for naps. But she stays dry overnight! I'm happy to have stuck with the trying. Two in diapers was going to break my bank!!!

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Hayden is 7 months old!!!

I know, I know, I can't believe it either! But 7 months has passed since this little sweetie entered our world! Hayden just got his 3rd tooth in! And not where you would expect to see it, his bottom two are both in and the next was on the bottom also. He's kinda like a little jack-o-lantern now! Although he is not crawling yet, I had to set up the pack-in-play to be able to "corral' him a little when I'm trying to get things done. He was super excited to get to sit in it for the 1st time. Him... and of course Bronwyn! Danny tried telling her that she gets the whole house, can't he just have this little space to himself?!?! Nope! She can get in and out of it herself so there is just no stopping her! Here's a fun clip of them together. We had the Wizard of Oz on and Bronwyn likes to get her drum and pretend that she is in a marching band when the munchkins are on! Hayden was getting into the groove too! Almost ready for take off!!!

Hayden's New Favorites Include:
* being able to hold himslef up on his arms, especially in the crib to look out over the bumper
* sitting up for long periods of time... but once he topples he can't get back up!
* smiling for mommy's camera!
* being tickled
* eating anything you'll get him get close enough to!

Annual trip to Anderson's Farms!

After having to postpone our trip to the pumpkin farm last weekend due to the weather, we tried going to again this weekend. It was an absolute perfect day. The temperature actually got up in the 80's! We always meet for breakfast and then head out to Anderson Farms. I love getting there and seeing everything going on! With the weather being so nice it was so much busier this year. There were a few things we just were not able to do or didn't have time for. But there is always so much going on that it didn't matter. Bronwyn loved going through everything. She was excited to run through the mazes the most! My favorite part is of course the ride out to the pumpkin patch. We get to feed some cows and then the ride begins! There were so many perfect pumkins this year! We picked up two small ones, one Bronwyn sized and one Hayden sized! I love being there! Regaurdless of the weather or how many people are able to join us, we always have fun. When I asked Bronwyn if she had fun she said yes and asked if we could go back! That's enough for me to know she had memorable time!!!

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Loving the Leaves!

Practically overnight it seemed our yard was covered in leaves from our two trees out front. We took some time to rake them up while Bronwyn took some time to play, and jump, and lay in them! Even Hayden had to get in the action a little! He quickly got a fistful of crunched leaves that he really wanted to taste... I had to step in before that happened!

my little best friends

I seem to post pictures and little captions saying that Bronwyn and Hayden are best friends. But I do believe that they truly are! Bronwyn absolutly adores Hayden. I love watching her wake up in the morning and go on her "Hayden Hunt"! She has to find him, grab his little had and give him kisses! She's always sweet around him. And he really gets a kick out of her too. He's always laughing at her and watching everything she does! He'll be sitting in his jumper and she'll be just running around and it's like he waits for her to come notice him. And Bronwyn is very helpful with Hayden too. He usualyl wants to eat while I am making dinner so between spoonfulls, she helps out by feeding him his puffs! I hope they grow up to be the best of friends. To know that they can always depend on each other and know they will always be there for one another! ♥

Bronwyn loves to bake!

This little girl cannot get enough out of helping in the kitchen. She loves getting to help shake, mix, and pour when it comes to making dinner. In the morning she helps Danny to make his coffee. I bought some of the "break and bake" style cooking for her to make again this year! Then I thought I would go through last year blog and see the difference between the pictures. How crazy how she's changed in the last year. She was so much more babyish... now she's a big girl!!! Hopefully, I can still say that for a few more years!
Here's her last years picture!













And this year!!! She's too cute and had so much fun! Especially gettting to eat them! I'm sure that will be her favorite part every year!

Super Market Sweeties!

I needed a desperate trip to the grocery store this week. That or we were going to go hungry... so after our fun for the day we headed off for our chores! It was the 1st time that Hayden rode in the front of the cart. In the past I have had to put his carseat carrier in the back on the basket, as it doesn't latch onto the front. That left Bronwyn to sit in the front until I had too much stuff packed around her and Hayden and she would have to get out and walk. Now that Hayden is able to sit upright better I decided it was day to try him sans-carrier! He was having too much fun getting to look around and watch everything from this new view. The back of the cart was filling up and Bronwyn got out so she could walk with me. Which turned into her being sleepy and needing to be carried. Before I knew it Hayden was asleep. Bronwyn squeezed her skinny self in next to him in the seat and, after using Hayden as a pillow, fell asleep too.
They were the talk of the entire store as we made our way to the checkout! Every woman was asking how old they each were. Some were offering to let me go ahead of them in line! The associates were all watching them and calling one another over to see them as well. It was fun! Then... silly people... were saying, "too bad you can't get a picture of that"! Silly... I already had!!! A good mommy NEVER leaves the house without her camera!!!